Tuesday, 18 September 2007

Octo-hat

No, I haven't made 8 more LWHs - just one, rather odd-looking one:

Dude, why are you smiling?? THERE'S AN OCTO-HAT TRYING TO EAT YOUR HEAD!!

I'm quite proud of this one as I designed it myself (well, ok, so there's not much to design - but I did work out how to space the tentacles. And in the process I learned that some numbers just don't want to be divided by 8.)

It looks a little strange on the monkey, but I think it looks ok on a little bottle (which is what it's for) - I hope so anyway. And given that Innocent want 400,000 LWHs, I'm hoping they'll adopt a 'beggars can't be choosers' kind of attitude...

Attention, Innocent - this is what you're getting, like it or not.

In the end it took me all evening to finish the little blighter off, although about 80% of the time was spent on the tentacles and on weaving in all the awkward little ends! So I may go back to simpler stripey hats for a while, to try and 'up' my production rate a bit.

That said, I do have visions of adapting the Octo-hat pattern slightly to create a jellyfish hat, by replacing the tentacles with something more 'floaty' - what do you think? Is it worth a shot?

Oh pants, I didn't think of that! And it is starting to get pretty nippy.

I have to give these LWHs away though, or else I'll feel mean. Supergran's needs are greater than the Monkeys'. But I feel guilty about the Army now... maybe I should make some extra LWHs once the Big Knit is over so that the little fellas won't freeze!